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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arcadio have a daughter with?

2. Who criticized this decision the most?

3. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia return to Macondo to do?

4. Who is left in charge of Macondo when the answer from #61 leaves?

5. Who leaves Macondo to join the revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pietro Crespi a master at doing?

2. What happens when Gerineldo Mbrquez disagrees with the decision of Colonel Aureliano Buendia?

3. What makes Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula outcasts in their society?

4. Describe Aureliano Segundo.

5. How does Ursula help to prevent the marriage of Rebeca and Pietro?

6. What is the gypsies' latest wonder that they share with Jose Arcadio Buendia?

7. Describe Jose Arcadio Segundo.

8. How many children does Santa Sofia de la Piedad have? And what are their names?

9. The plague of Rebeca spreads across the town - who helps to save the people?

10. What other event prevents Rebeca and Pietro's wedding from happening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Men and women have vastly different parts to play in this novel. Using characters from each generation as examples, describe the role of men in this novel as well as the roles of women. How do they differ? How are they the same?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the climax of the banana factor massacre. What does this have to say about organized business? What does this have to say about someone coming into an isolated setting? Is this a metaphor for a larger issue that the family has to contend with?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in this book take on lovers to help them with their loneliness, it seems. Describe the necessity of Pilar, Remedios the Beauty, Santa Sofia de la Piedad, and other women in the novel. What do they give to the lovers they take? What do these relationships take away from those who are in them?

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